Take A Breath

Virtual mindfulness, meditation, yoga, energy medicine & more

The former Cornell College Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Catherine Quehl-Engel, created this page so community members can access spiritual wellness content at any time. Many thanks to Rev. Cathy for allowing this content to remain available to the community.

Access the peace you've had all along hidden beneath tension and worry. Beyond our live campus offerings, here you'll find mind-body-spirit recordings with certified mindfulness, meditation, yoga instructor, sound healer, qigong practice group leader, and former Cornell College Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Catherine Quehl-Engel. 

Videos include mindfulness and meditation, energy medicine like qigong, vibrational sound healing, yin yoga with TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) informed sequences, and other ways of rebalancing energy centers and pathways of the body. Remember, you can approach breath, energy, and awareness in either prayerful sacred or secular ways depending on your wiring. 

A FRESH MIND-BODY-SPIRIT SERIES FOR INNER & OUTER PEACE

• Mindfulness Series Intro - Yin Meditation for Greater Ease   (13:56)
• Lower Belly Breathing with opening Emptiness Stance (12:21)
• Breath Meditation with nourishing mind-body-spirit opening (14:45)

Mindful Session 2:

•  Wuwei—Effortless Effort Like Water (moving & seated practice) (14:45)
• Body Scan (15:22)
• Grounded Like Trees - Moving (Qigong) & Seated Meditation (14:58)

Mindful Session 3:

• Draw the Bow, Release, & Label Thoughts as They Flow By  (12:44)

• Wise Owl Turns It’s Head & Loving Gaze Meditation (14:00)

• Increase Equanimity - A Yoga then Seated Meditation Practice  (19:41)

Mindful Session 4:

• Moon Breathing & Lower Dantian Meditation (14:55)
• Yin Flow & Primordial Sound (Nada Yoga) Meditation (14:46)
• Vibrational Sound Healing Chakra Meditation (26:30). This is a reclined, deep relaxation energy treatment. To hear & feel, use earbuds or headphones. Follow instructions on link.
• Visualization for Relaxation & Healing Peace (12:26)

Mindful Session 5:

• Radiant Heart & The Energy of Love Meditation (15:14)
• Compassion & Energy of Love Meditation (19:08)
• Eight Brocades, Cosmic Being, & Bone Marrow Cleansing Meditation (17:54)

Mindful Session 6:  YIN YOGA 

YIN YOGA is a slow, meditative, relaxed approach to compliment more active yoga, running, etc.  Yin Yoga is a mindfulness practice which also penetrates connective tissue in hard to reach areas around joints and muscles as we hold postures for 2-4 minutes with mild to moderate sensation in targeted areas. Rev. CQE integrates TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) using 5 Element theory, meridians (energy pathways) and acupressure points to enhance healing wholeness and peace.

• Yin Yoga to release stress, anger or anxiety (30 min.)

• Yin Yoga to aid relaxation and ease (WOOD Element, 22 min.).

• Yin Yoga for Equanimity (EARTH Element. 20 min).

Mindful Session 7: 

• Walking Meditation (10:53)
• Vibrational Sound Healing Chakra Meditation (26:30). This is a reclined, deep relaxation energy treatment. To hear & feel, use earbuds or headphones. Follow instructions on link.

TAKE A BREATH: 

Less polished practice videos filmed Spring 2020 as Rev. CQE and other educators scrambled to create care responses amid the initial phase of the pandemic impacting our campuses. Still, these videos contain goodness, offering ways to ground, relax, and navigate amid these complicated times.